The main thing I would want explicitly stated in the ToS is that there will be complete transparency regarding the interactions between admins and users. Never remove or censor anything without a publicly-available statement as to why, and be open to discourse.
I completely agree and am advocating this. I think that even privately mediated discussions with admin and/or users involved in conflicts should be saved somewhere and made public at the request of the users involved, or if the information would benefit the community.
I tend to think that all admin posts should have a disclaimer saying something like, "We reserve the right to delete cat macros etc. if we hit maximum comments and discussion is still going," and that if a situation where that's necessary ever happens, an archive of the entry with original comments should be saved first, or a new entry should be posted so discussion can be continued.
I also think that any time someone other than you deletes one of your posts, you should receive an e-mail notification.
OH! Also, I saw this suggested in the lj_biz post. Mods/Admins get different little heads next to their names. Or different colors, or something so I can pick out an admin comment. Perhaps also make admins have different admin and personal names/journals, so they can separate the professional identity from personal. The first point is more important, though.
We've pretty unanimously agreed that admins get different headshots. I've just suggested that directory comms get unique headpics as well, and I'm thinking that maybe official site development comms should as well, though I haven't suggested that yet.
p.s. I just read the above and I think it's a totally valid point. Any and all administrative removals or decisions that would effect content should be readily seen and available to the public if they're interested.
Possibly stating that while the site can host your information and journals and such, the individual must take full responsibility for what he, she, or their community is posting. If an inquiry were to be made to the parent site, the full legal responsibility and ramifications would fall to the poster, not the site.I completely agree. I'll run this by everybody else and try to make sure it goes in there
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Well I think that if someone on "staff" crosses a line, the severity of consequences should be higher than that of a poster. Staff/moderators should know the rules, and by accepting their positions, be aware that if they break them, their peers are going to be much less lenient. There is no excuse for rule breaking in the management, in my opinion
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I tend to think that all admin posts should have a disclaimer saying something like, "We reserve the right to delete cat macros etc. if we hit maximum comments and discussion is still going," and that if a situation where that's necessary ever happens, an archive of the entry with original comments should be saved first, or a new entry should be posted so discussion can be continued.
I also think that any time someone other than you deletes one of your posts, you should receive an e-mail notification.
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